Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer: A systematic review of the impact of COVID-19 on patient care.

ABSTRACT: Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted healthcare services, including cervical cancer management, and an increased burden for this condition is expected. This systematic review synthetizes the available evidence on the impact of the pandemic on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer. Searches were performed on PubMed, Embase, and Scopus for relevant studies on these topics with the purpose of comparing service access and care delivery before and during COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the methodological heterogeneity among the studies, findings were narratively discussed. Of the 715 screened titles and abstracts, 33 articles were included, corresponding to 42 reports that covered the outcomes of interest: vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) (6 reports), cancer scree

SUBMITTER: Ferrara P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9487163 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature